Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 183 / Friday, September 21, 2007 / Rules and Regulations 53969 

submitting the VSP electronically can be 

found at http://www.uscg.mil/HQ/MSC. 

* * * * * 

PART 189—INSPECTION AND 

CERTIFICATION 

■ 77. The authority citation for part 189 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 

2113, 3306, 3307; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 

3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 

FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; 

Department of Homeland Security Delegation 

No. 0170.1. 

■ 78. In § 189.55–15, revise paragraph 

(a)(2) to read as follows: 

§ 189.55–15 Procedure for submittal of 

plans. 

(a) * * * 

(2) The plans may be submitted by 

visitors directly to the Commanding 

Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety 

Center, 1900 Half Street, SW., Suite 

1000, Room 525, Washington, DC 

20024, or transmitted by mail to: 

Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard 

Marine Safety Center, JR10–0525, 2100 

2nd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593, 

in a written or electronic format. 

Information for submitting the VSP 

electronically can be found at http:// 

www.uscg.mil/HQ/MSC. In this case, the 

plans will be returned directly to the 

submitter, with a copy of the action 

being forwarded to the interested Officer 

in Charge, Marine Inspection. 

* * * * * 

Dated: September 13, 2007. 

Stefan G. Venckus, 

Chief, Office of Regulations and 

Administrative Law, United States Coast 

Guard. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 061020273–6321–02] 

RIN 0648–XC70 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Scup Fishery; Commercial 

Quota Harvested for 2007 Summer 

Period 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the closure 

of the scup commercial coastwide 

fishery from Maine through North 

Carolina for the Summer Period. 

Regulations governing the scup fishery 

require publication of this notification 

to advise the coastal states from Maine 

through North Carolina that this quota 

has been harvested and to advise 

Federal vessel permit holders and 

Federal dealer permit holders that no 

commercial quota is available for 

landing scup in these states. Federally 

permitted commercial vessels may not 

land scup in these states for the 

remainder of the 2007 Summer quota 

period (through October 31, 2007). 

DATES: Effective 0001 hours, September 

21, 2007, through October 31, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily Bryant, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9244. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the scup fishery 

are found at 50 CFR part 648. The 

regulations at 50 CFR 648.121 require 

the Regional Administrator to monitor 

the commercial scup quota for each 

quota period and, based upon dealer 

reports, state data, and other available 

information, to determine when the 

commercial quota for a period has been 

harvested. NMFS is required to publish 

a notification in the Federal Register 

advising and notifying commercial 

vessels and dealer permit holders that, 

effective upon a specific date, the scup 

commercial quota has been harvested 

and no commercial quota is available for 

landing scup for the remainder of the 

Summer Period. Based upon recent 

projections, the Regional Administrator 

anticipates that the Federal commercial 

quota of 3,464,914 lb (1,572 mt) for the 

2007 Summer Period will be fully 

harvested by or before October 31, 2007. 

To maintain the integrity of the 2008 

Summer Period quota by avoiding or 

minimizing quota overages, the 

commercial scup fishery will close for 

the remainder of the Summer Period 

(through October 31, 2007) in Federal 

waters. 

In 50 CFR 648.4(b) provides that 

Federal scup moratorium permit holders 

agree as a condition of the permit not to 

land scup in any state after NMFS has 

published a notification in the Federal 

Register stating that the commercial 

quota for the period has been harvested 

and that no commercial quota for scup 

is available. Therefore, effective 0001 

hours, September 21, 2007, further 

landings of scup by vessels holding 

Federal scup moratorium permits are 

prohibited through October 31, 2007. 

Effective 0001 hours, September 21, 

2007, federally permitted dealers are 

also advised that they may not purchase 

scup from federally permitted vessels 

that land in coastal states from Maine 

through North Carolina for the 

remainder of the Summer Period 

(through October 31, 2007). The Winter 

II Period for commercial scup harvest 

will open on November 1, 2007. 

Classification 

This action is required by 50 CFR part 

648 and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: September 17, 2007. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–4698 Filed 9–18–07; 2:26 pm] 

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